What day did the Aborigines celebrate their first Nations? Those who feel so inclined can celebrate that day whilst those who work for a living & keeping Australia going can celebrate on the 26th. Where’s the problem ?

Indy,

"those who work for a living & keeping Australia going can celebrate on the 26th" Everyday is an Australia Day holiday for you, is it not. When you got off the ship, it was all laid on, free housing, free money, free pension! When was the last day you actually worked? 26th January 1788.

The Way to go!
Aboriginals also were included as Australians on the 26th Jan

While the national debate over celebrating Australia Day on January 26 rages on, one town in WA's Wheatbelt will celebrate three days of Indigenous culture and storytelling over the long weekend.

Australia Day activities in York, about 100 kilometres east of Perth, will begin with a traditional community breakfast, Welcome to Country and a united raising of the Australian and Aboriginal flags, as well as citizen of the year awards.

That evening, the Ballardong First festival will be launched with an on-country cultural performance, talks and arts workshops.

Ballardong is the Noongar language representing Indigenous people to the north-east of Perth.

It is a joint project between the Bilya Gogulyar Boodja (BGB) Aboriginal Corporation, The York Festival and the Shire of York.
BGB chairman Dennis Kickett said many Aboriginal people did celebrate Australia Day while others wanted the date changed.

"We need to move forward on that, it's about moving forward together," he said.

"It's about a reconciliation, that's where we are coming from and hopefully, by educating people and showing people that we can work in collaboration on the same day.

The national campaign for Australia Day this year is around the theme "we're all part of the story".

"We are a community and we need to be working as a community," Mr Kickett said.

Bringing the community together
Shire President Kevin Trent said the Shire of York proposed an event as part of its newly minted reconciliation action plan, and BGB together with The York Festival developed the program.

"The shire is hosting a barbecue in the morning and flag raising and then we'll be naturalising two new people to become Australians.

Cr Trent said it was important the shire maintained a leadership role in the process of reconciliation.

"We're working towards this reconciliation, we have a committee whose objective is to bring the community together rather than divide the community," he said.

"We acknowledge that the Aboriginal people were here well before we came along."

Mr Kickett said

Australia needs to do away with trying to change our national identity, embrace and reassert its Western Judeo-Christian. Identify politics is bringing us down.

Wacky Woke Woolworths has dropped its wacky idea of flying aboriginal flags outside its supermarkets, offices, and places where it usually flies the Australian flag.

When we're all able to come together as one nation - that will be the day worth celebrating. On that day we shall recognize and respect each
other's right to be part of this country and we shall celebrate the richness of our diversity and all the contributions that have been
made we well as all the differences that unite us all. That day will hopefully come sooner rather than later. A day when we no longer have to
claim superiority over any one else - instead we'll see each other
as mates not as strangers or "foreigners."

It will be the day we will will proudly sing with one voice-
I am, you are, we are Australian!